Maryland General Assembly

“ And be it enacted, That whenever in the construction of said road or roads, it shall be necessary to cross or intersect any established road or way, the said president and directors shall so construct the said road across such established road or way, as not to impede the passage or transportation of persons or property along the same, and when it shall be necessary to pass through the lands of any individual, it shall also be their duty to provide for such individual proper wagon ways across said road or roads, from one part of his land to the other. ”

“ Provided, nevertheless, that no person shall be elected president or a director of said company unless he be a stockholder, and the president and a majority of the directors shall be citizens of the State of Maryland. ”

“ Provided however, that a failure to hold an annual meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of electing directors or the failure to elect directors, during any one or more years shall not be held or taken, to make a forfeiture or to constitute an abandonment of this act of incorporation, but the directors chosen at any time, shall continue to hold and exercise the office until such time as a new election shall be made according to the provisions of this act. ”